IHSAA Media Release

February 12, 2002

Contact: Jerry Baker

E-mail: jbaker@ihsaa.org

Phone: 317-846-6601

2002 INDIVIDUAL WRESTLING TOURNAMENT SERIES STATE FINALS INFO

Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis Ticket Information Session: $7.00 Season: $15.00

Friday, Feb. 15, Session I: 6 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 16, Session II: 9:30 a.m.

Saturday, Feb. 16, Session III: Consolations at 5 p.m.; Finals at 7:30 p.m.

Format: A total of 224 wrestlers (16 in each weight class) will compete over two days for a state championship in each of the 14 weight classes.

A total of 28 contestants enter the state finals with unblemished records. The 189-pound weight division sports the most unbeaten wrestlers, with a total of four, including defending champion, Nathan Moore of Perry Meridian with a 46-0 mark. Glen Suding, a senior from East Central, sports the best record in that division at 48-0.

Five wrestlers hit the half-century mark and had perfect records for the 2001-02 season, led by Nic May (55-0), a 112 pound junior from Peru, along with Andrae Hernandez (55-0), a sophomore from Griffith in the 125 pound class and his teammates Alex Tsirtsis (55-0), also a sophomore with the Panthers, in the 130 division and Angel Escobedo (54-0), a freshman who wrestles at 112. Matt Jaggers (53-0), a New Castle junior, is perfect at 53-0 in the 119 pound class.

Evansville Mater Dei has the most individual qualifiers, bringing 10 teammates to the mats at Conseco Fieldhouse.

Seven defending champions return, though not necessarily in the same weight class:

Name	Wt.This Yr	Wt.Last Yr
Michael Escobedo, Lake Central	152 (46-0)	145
Blake Maurer, Evansville Mate Dei	145 (39-1)	130
Nathan Moore, Perry Meridian	189 (46-0)	189
Jake O’Brien, Franklin Central	215 (35-4)	215
Alex Tsirtsis, Griffith	130 (55-0)	119
Craig Weinzapfel, Ev. Mater Dei	130 (17-2)	112
Danny Williams, Warren Central	140 (31-3)	135

MEDIA WORK ROOM

As in previous years, the media workroom at Conseco Fieldhouse will open at 4 p.m. on Friday and be available to working media members throughout Friday evening and all day on Saturday. The work area contains complimentary phones that will accept credit card and 800 calls. Soft drinks and snacks will be available.

First-round pairings are available on the IHSAA website. Season records are included for each of the 224 wrestlers who will compete.

Results will be posted on the IHSAA website continuously throughout the two days of competition. The results will be listed under Wrestling/2001 Individual State Finals Results.

Directions -- Conseco Fieldhouse is located in the southeast quadrant of downtown Indianapolis, one block east of Meridian Street and two blocks south of Washington Street. It sits between Pennsylvania and Delaware streets, which parallel each other and Meridian Street. Delaware Street is one way north bound; Pennsylvania Street is one way south bound.

Public Entrance -- The public may enter from Pennsylvania Street or Delaware Street into a common lobby.

Media Entrance -- To gain admittance, the 2001-02 IHSAA State Finals Media Pass is required. The entrance is in the southeast corner of Conseco Fieldhouse adjacent to Delaware Street. The door is marked Media and Employee Entrance. This is at the opposite end of the building from the public entrance. Note: Please allow sufficient time to pass through security.

Parking -- Media and public parking is available near Conseco Fieldhouse. The nearest parking garage is the Virginia Avenue Garage, located directly east of Conseco Fieldhouse and accessible via Delaware Street.

64 TEAMS ADVANCE TO GIRLS BASKETBALL REGIONALS

A field of 64 sectional champions returns to action Saturday, Feb. 16, for regional competition at 16 sites in the 27^th Annual IHSAA Girls Basketball Tournament.

At each site, three games will be played, with the first contest scheduled for 10:00 a.m., the 2^nd game at Noon and the championship matchup at 8:00 p.m. The four regional champions will move on to semi-state competition Saturday, Feb. 23, at four sites.

Scottsburg and Valparaiso are the all-time leaders in regionals won, with 10. The Warriorettes picked up their last title in 1995. The Vikings grabbed their last regional crown in 2000. Bedford North Lawrence, Ben Davis, Kokomo, and NorthWood all have nine regional championships.

Only three of the top 10 teams in Class 4A made it through the sectional round, led by top-ranked Bloomington South. Four of the top 10 in 3A survived, including No. 1 Alexandria. In 2A, eight of the top 10 managed to make it through the opening salvo, with the leaders of the pack, Southwestern (Hanover) and Triton Central, still heading toward Conseco Fieldhouse. In Class A, eight members of the top 10 managed a trip to regional play this Saturday, with North Vermillion showing the way from its perch as the best in that division.

Three of last year’s champions are still alive. Ben Davis is back to defend its 4A crown. Indianapolis Cathedral, the winner in 3A in 2001, has moved up to 4A and is still playing. And the 2A titleholder, Ft. Wayne Bishop Luers, is still searching for another championship, although this time in the 3A field. The only champ to fall was Triton, as the Trojans lost to North Judson 60-49 in the final game of the LaVille Sectional.

All-Time Regional Win Leaders Last

Scottsburg	10	1995
Valparaiso	10	2000
Bedford North Lawrence	9	1992
Ben Davis	9	2001
Kokomo	9	2001
NorthWood	9	1999
Anderson	8	1994
Columbia City	8	2000
Huntington North	8	2000
Rushville	8	1995
Benton Central	7	1992
Crown Point	7	1997
Ft. Wayne Northrop	7	1994
Mooresville	7	1985

Current List of Girls State Scoring Leaders

Current List of Girls State Season Best Performances

Current List of Boys State Scoring Leaders

Current List of Boys State Season Best Performances

Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association

FINAL 2002 REGULAR SEASON POLL

CLASS 4A

Rank	School	Record	Regional	vs
1.	Bloomington South	22-0	Bedford North Lawrence	New Albany
2.	Lawrence North		out
3.	Terre Haute South	21-2	Bedford North Lawrence	Castle
4.	Indianapolis Cathedral	21-2	Southport	Perry Meridian
5.	Kokomo		out
6.	Jennings County		out
7.	Wawasee		out
8.	Noblesville		out
9.	Jeffersonville		out
10	North Central (Indpls)		out

CLASS 3A

Rank	School	Record	Regional	vs
1.	Alexandria	24-0	Greenfield-Central	South Dearborn
2.	Brebeuf Jesuit	23-2	Greenfield-Central	Tipton
3.	Vincennes Lincoln		out
4.	Fort Wayne Concordia	22-1	Peru	Ft. Wayne Luers
5.	Angola		out
6.	Shelbyville		out
7.	Northwestern	21-2	Twin Lakes	Andrean
8.	Beech Grove		out
9.	Leo		out
10.	Frankfort		out

CLASS 2A

Rank	School	Record	Regional	vs
1.	Southwestern (Hanover)	21-2	Forest Park	Mitchell
1t.	Triton Central	22-1	Speedway	Fountain Central
3.	North Judson	22-1	Triton	Wabash
4.	Fremont	21-3	Triton	North Newton
5.	North Knox		out
6.	Indian Creek		out
7.	North Putnam	20-2	Speedway	Park Tudor
8.	Evansville Mater Dei	17-6	Forest Park	Southridge
9.	Fountain Central	19-4	Speedway	Triton Central
10.	Mitchell	20-3	Forest Park	Southwestern (Hanover)

CLASS A

Rank	School	Record	Regional	vs
1.	North Vermillion	21-1	Southwestern (Shelbyville)	North Central (Farmersburg)
2.	Hebron	22-2	Caston	Washington Twp.
3.	New Harmony	22-1	Loogootee	Springs Valley
4.	Union City	22-1	Lapel	Wes-Del
5.	Rockville		out
6.	Clinton Prairie	19-4	Lapel	Tri-County
7.	Borden	19-3	Loogootee	Loogootee
8.	North Central (Farmersburg)	17-5	Southwestern (Shelbyville)	North Vermillion
9.	Fort Wayne Canterbury	18-5	Caston	Culver
10.	Tri-Central		out

NOTE: REGIONAL SITE CHANGE

The regional site scheduled to be hosted by Adams Central has been changed to South Adams because of the need for more seats for patrons based on the schools participating. Anyone seeking media credentials for that regional should contact the South Adams Athletic Department at 219-589-8231.

THE ZOLMAN WATCH

Shanna Zolman’s efforts to become the state’s all-time career leading scorer, both boys and girls, came to a halt Friday night as Wawasee lost in the second round of the Warsaw Sectional, 44-42 to Columbia City. Zolman scored 23 points in the game, ending her career with the Warriors with a total of 3,085, leaving her as the all-time leading scorer among the girls, but some 49 points shy of the boys record of 3,134 held by Damon Bailey of Bedford North Lawrence. Zolman did move into second place all-time among all scorers as she passed Marion Pierce of Lewisville who finished his career with 3,019 points.

BOYS BASKETBALL

WHMB-TV 40 WILL TELEVISE TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS SHOW

Pairings for the 92^nd Annual IHSAA Boys Basketball Tournament will be telecast by WHMB (Channel 40) on Monday, Feb. 18. Bob Lovell and Gary Donna will host the show live from the WHMB-TV studios in Noblesville, with the broadcast scheduled for 6:00 p.m. (EST). The pairings will be posted on the IHSAA website at 7:00 p.m. A copy of the pairings will be emailed to outlets on the IHSAA email list at 7:00 p.m.

In its third year as the exclusive originating station for the IHSAA Network, WHMB reaches nearly 50 percent of households in Indiana with its over-the-air signal and on cable systems.

Stations in other television markets throughout Indiana will have the opportunity to take a satellite feed from WHMB to air the broadcast. Interested stations should contact Keith Passon, WHMB general manager, as soon as possible. Passon can be reached at 317-773-5050.

BOYS SWIMMING SECTIONALS

The sectional round of the 65^th Annual Boys Swimming & Diving Tournament gets underway this Thursday, Feb. 14, with the swimming preliminaries at 5:30 p.m. at 20 sites. The diving prelims and semifinals are set for Saturday, Feb. 16, at 9:00 a.m., with the consolation and finals in all events at 2:00 p.m. All the action leads up to the state finals at the Indiana University Natatorium at IUPUI in Indianapolis on Friday and Saturday, February 22^nd and 23^rd. The Carmel Greyhounds are the defending state team champions and ranked No. 1 in the final IHSSCA Poll. North Central (Indpls), South Bend Riley, Northridge and Chesterton round out the top five.

Key Dates & Times

Sectionals

Thursday, February 14, 2002, 5:30 p.m. -- Swimming Preliminaries.

Saturday, February 16, 2002, 9 a.m. -- Diving Prelims & Semifinals, 2 p.m. -- Consolation and Finals all events.

Tickets: Session Ticket, $4.00; Season Ticket, $6.00.

Regionals (Diving Only)

Tuesday, February 19, 2002, 6 p.m. -- Diving Preliminaries, Semifinals and Finals.

Tickets: Session Ticket, $4.00.

State Finals

February 22-23, 2002 at Indiana University Natatorium, IUPUI, Indianapolis.

Friday, 6 p.m. -- Swimming Preliminaries.

Saturday, 9 a.m. -- Diving Preliminaries & Semifinals; 1 p.m., Consolation and Finals in all events.

Tickets: Session Ticket, $7.00; Season Ticket, $10.00.

SWEET-16 FOR CARMEL GIRLS SWIMMERS

Rarely has any sport witnessed the domination the Carmel Girls Swimming and Diving Team has displayed over the past 16 years. Dating back to 1987, the Greyhounds have simply owned the crown in the sport, winning five titles under Ray Lawrence, nine under Tony Young and now a pair under Ken Stopkotte’s guidance. On Saturday at the I.U. Natatorium in Indianapolis, top-ranked Carmel swam to a 66-point margin over North Central (Indpls), 306-240, giving the Panthers a second-place finish to Carmel for the third straight year.

A trio of records fell during the afternoon and a pair of them belonged to Leah Retrum of Columbus North. She set new state standards in the 200 yard IM by defending her 2001 crown in a time of 2:00.33, breaking the old mark of 2:00.99 set by Michala Kwasny of Ft. Wayne Snider in 1999, and in the 500 yard free, destroying the old mark held by Rebecca Wilson of Homestead in 1999 by over two seconds, 4:46.08 to 4:48.39, for her second straight title in the event. The Bull Dogs finished in third place, putting the top three finishing squads in the identical position in which they finished last year.

LOOKING AHEAD

Thursday, Feb. 14---------------------------Boys Swimming Sectionals

Friday, Feb. 15 & Saturday, Feb. 16-----Individual Wrestling Finals

Saturday, Feb. 16---------------------------Girls Basketball Regionals

Saturday, Feb. 16---------------------------Boys Swimming Sectionals

Monday, Feb. 18----------------------------Boys Basketball Tournament Drawing

Tuesday, Feb. 19----------------------------Boys Diving Regionals

Saturday, Feb. 23---------------------------Boys Swimming Finals

Saturday, Feb. 23---------------------------Girls Basketball Semi-States

Saturday, Feb. 23---------------------------Team Wrestling Finals

MILESTONES

Austin’s Anthony Winchester moved to #28 on the boys Indiana high school career scoring list on Feb. 7 with a 29 point effort at home against Corydon, moving his career total to 2,029. Caleb Springer, a 1997 grad of Logansport, is next on the list at 2,042. Austin plays at Crothersville on Feb. 14 and closes out the regular season on Feb. 22 against Eastern (Pekin).

Sr. Megan Lifflick of Whiteland set a new school mark for single-game points when she poured in 37 in the Warriors’ 77-68 loss to Franklin County in the Shelbyville Sectional on Feb. 5.

Fr. Jodi Howell of Alexandria set a school tournament record with her 35-point effort in the Tigers’ 58-55 victory over Delta in the Elwood Sectional.

Courtney Veach topped the 1,000-point mark for her career at Rockville as she scored 17 points in the Rox’ 48-37 win over Danville on Jan. 31.

Northeastern’s Ryan Kaufman reached the 1,000-point plateau for his career with the Knights on Feb. 2 as they defeated Monroe Central 75-66.

Homestead’s girls swimming team set a Ft. Wayne South Side sectional record on Feb. 2 as teammates Christy Leonard, Erin Johnson and Rachael Helman finished 1-2-3 in the 100 butterfly.

At Jay County, Norwell’s Kym Cossairt set meet and pool records in the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard freestyle in leading the Knights to the team title on Feb. 2.

Kim McMillin, a junior at North Harrison, topped the 1,000-point mark for her career on Feb. 5 in the opening round of the Corydon Central Sectional. McMillin becomes the 6^th player in school history to reach the 1,000-point level.

David Inabnit scored 19 points and surpassed the 1,000-point career mark for Whiteland as the Warriors dropped a 71-63 decision to Center Grove on Feb.7.

Leo’s Lindy Carey knocked down a school record 41 points in the Lions’ 73-60 win over West Noble in sectional action on Feb. 5. In the process, Carey set a school single-season record for total points scored with 545.

Miranda Green, a junior from Pike, scored a school record 41 points in the Red Devils’ 93-82 win in the opening round game of the North Central (Indpls.) Sectional on Feb. 8.

Jodie Howell, a freshman from Alexandria, scored a school tournament record 35 points in the number one-ranked Tigers’ 58-55 triumph over Delta in opening round play in the Elwood Sectional on Feb. 5.

Tippecanoe Valley’s Trey Eaton scored 29 points and reached the 1,000-point mark for his career with the Vikings on Feb. 7 in their 73-52 win over North Miami.

Elkhart Memorial shot a school-record 69.8 percent from the field on 30 of 43 shooting in downing NorthWood on Feb. 7, 72-39. Clint Adell went 13 of 16 from the floor on his way to a 28-point night.

Derek Drews of Elkhart Central became the Elkhart city season record holder for points scored by a freshman as he totaled 12 points in a 69-50 win over South Bend Riley and moved past the precious mark of 197 set by Ross Hayes of Elkhart Memorial in 1985-86.

Al Rhodes, boys head basketball coach at Warsaw, notched his 400^th career victory on Feb. 7 as his Tigers defeated the Plymouth Pilgrims, 59-44, giving him a career mark of 400-132 in 22 seasons there. Rhodes coached Warsaw to the state championship in 1984 and has won 14 sectionals, seven regionals and four semi-states.

IHSAA OVERTIME

Jason Samuel, Sports Director of WAWC in Syracuse has been selected Indiana Sportscaster of the Year for 2001 by members of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. He will be honored in Salisbury, NC, April 27-29, 2002.

Now a member of the Purdue Boilermakers Track Team, Benton Central grad Ebbie Metzinger set a Big Ten Conference record in the pole vault on Feb. 2, clearing 13-11 ¼ at the Ohio State Invitational.

Bo Bottorff of Jasper will be one of the players honored Feb. 16 at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis celebrating the 40^th anniversary of the 1961-62 Butler Bulldogs basketball team. That team, under Tony Hinkle, was the first in school history to earn a spot in the NCAA Tournament.

Ben Davis’ QB, James Banks, Indiana’s Mr. Football for 2001, has selected Tennessee as his college choice. Banks led the Giants to a 42-2 record and two 5A state championships during the last three seasons.

Frankie Young , who won state titles in the long jump for Kokomo High School in 1993, 1994 and 1995, has been inducted into the Indiana Association of Track Coaches Hall of Fame.

Troy Burgess, former head football coach at Owen Valley, has accepted the same position at Greenfield-Central.

Rich Moren, a 1959 grad of Bremen High School and an assistant at the school for the past eight years, was approved Feb. 5 as the new head football coach of the Lions.

The Lapel High School gymnasium floor was renamed the Dallas Hunter Basketball Court on Feb. 7 in honor of the former head basketball coach who spent 20 seasons with the Bulldogs.

Bob Miller has been named head football coach at Fairfield. Miller is a 1982 graduate of Fairfield and has been defensive coordinator with the Falcons for the past 15 seasons

Rick Miller, who formed the tennis program for the boys at Floyd Central, was inducted into the Indiana High School Tennis Coaches Hall of Fame on Feb. 7. Miller guided the Highlanders to a state runner-up spot in 1993 and has had his squad ranked in the top-20 each year since 1998, finishing 15^th in this year’s final poll.

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